Mayuri's card from Naruto

Chapter 65 War Meeting
"The situation on the front line is tense. According to the latest intelligence, Iwagakure and Kirigakure have both made moves to join the war."

At the jonin meeting held in the Hokage building, Nara Shikakichi, who chaired the meeting, said: "Iwagakure and Sunagakure seem to have reached an alliance. According to the information sent back by the spies, the jonin of Iwagakure recently appeared in Sunagakure and met Chiyo of Sunagakure.

Their target should be Yunyin."

The jonin present remained silent.

Danzo Shimura sat on the Hokage's left hand, his one eye narrowed and his face expressionless.

Most of the information that Nara Shikaji mentioned was obtained by spies from the Root. He was the first-hand person to handle more detailed information than this.

"The Hidden Cloud Village is finished." Nara Shikakichi's shocking words made all the senior ninjas present look at him.

"Compared to the Sand Village fighting on home soil and the Iwagakure who have been preparing for a long time, the fatigue of the Cloud Village who came from afar is becoming more and more obvious.

The Raikage of Kumogakure believed that Sand Village had lost its Kage, and the village was leaderless, and there was no one who could resist him. So he wanted to lead an elite team, as well as Jinchūriki, to break through Sand Village by thunder-sweeping, and force it to surrender.

However, they failed to achieve their goal of raiding the Sand Village. Instead, they were blocked by Rasa and Yekura of the Sand Village at the border of the Wind Country and could not move forward.

At this stage, the losses of both sides have unknowingly increased, and it is difficult to back down. At this time, the participation of any external force will lead to a huge change in the tense battle situation.

Ultimately affecting the victory between the two ninja villages.

Iwagakure Village is the troublemaker.

I think once Iwagakure joins the battlefield, Kumogakure will inevitably fail. But judging by Iwagakure's past actions, once they start, they won't stop easily.

When the Hidden Cloud Village falls, they will definitely not stop, but will turn their attention to other ninja villages.

I think this goal is likely to be us.”

"That means we also need to prepare for the upcoming war, right?" Sarutobi Hiruzen, wearing the Hokage robe, put his hat with the word "fire" written on it on the table and asked with his fingers crossed.

"Yes." Nara Shikakichi nodded affirmatively. Once the Ninja World War started, Konoha and the Land of Fire, which were located in the Four War Zones and were also wealthy, would definitely not be ignored or even stay out of the game.

"Where are the enemies? The Iwagakure Village, and the Sand Village that's suspected to be allied with the Iwagakure Village? Or should we include the Kirigakure Village that's ready to make a move?" The Sandaime frowned.

He did not mention the Kumogakure, which was the most ruthless and frequently fought with Konoha. After suffering the blows from Iwagakure and Sandagakure, the most important thing for Kumogakure to do was to go back and lick their wounds, recuperate for a while and see how the situation changed before deciding whether to rejoin the war or not.

Therefore, once Yunyin is forced to withdraw, its threat can be temporarily eliminated.

"Until the Sand Village has chosen the Fourth Kazekage and secured the position, it will no longer have the strength to wage war. Although they managed to resist the attack of the Cloud Village and tied down the Cloud Village's ninja army this time, the Sand Village also suffered heavy losses." Nara Shikakichi ruled out the Sand Village.

"That means, the worst outcome in the short term is that we need to face the Iwagakure Village and the Mist Village at the same time?" the Sandaime Hokage concluded.

Although there is pressure, this result seems to be barely acceptable. After all, Konoha had more enemies in the first two Ninja World Wars.

"Then let's start comprehensive preparations for war. The war reserve and mobilization of ninjas must enter a state of war from now on." The Sandaime gave the order.

The jonin present had no objection to the Hokage's decision. A large-scale war was inevitable, and the earlier they prepared, the more calm they would be when the war really started. Then, the jonin began to discuss and fight for the dispatch of the war and the coordination of various departments.

Behind a jonin, there is often one or even several ninja teams. The members of these ninja teams are mostly the middle class of a ninja village.

"Where is the technical development department?" The Sandaime set his gaze on his disciple Orochimaru.

The jonin who were discussing on the field fell silent for a moment, and looked at Orochimaru who was sitting in the front with burning eyes.

In recent years, the Technology Development Department is no longer an unknown institution in the village. In the minds of the people, in some cases, it can even be compared with the Medical Department.

The Medical Department can save your life and heal your wounds.

The technical development department can tap your potential and enhance your strength!

In this precarious world, no one understands the importance of strength better than those present here. Therefore, many of them hope to obtain some methods and techniques to increase their strength from the Technology Development Department.

Especially in the previous few meetings, the Sandaime approved a lot of money and resources for the technology development department, hoping that Orochimaru could come up with some technological achievements that could be used in the war as soon as possible.

"The creation of the tail seal has been successful. It can be used by injecting the corresponding chakra attributes according to needs. So for the ninjas who need it, I need to make a list backup." Orochimaru responded calmly.

"The tail seal? What's the effect?" The Sandaime Hokage's eyes lit up with joy, and Danzo Shimura and the two advisors beside him also cheered up.

“It can improve a ninja’s strength, but it requires a certain amount of willpower and delicate control of chakra.

According to Lu Nie, the first generation of technology is most effective for those jonin who lack chakra." Orochimaru replied.

This technique is currently useless to Orochimaru. It can only be used to make a desperate effort at the critical moment when the chakra is exhausted.

But the advanced research derived from this technology is what Orochimaru is very interested in. Bloodline transplantation, or bloodline control.

By using external clothing, a ninja without bloodline can master the corresponding bloodline ninjutsu. Of course, bloodlines of different strengths face different difficulties to overcome.

There is also bloodline fusion and so on.

In terms of research on ninja bloodline, Lu Nie seems to be ahead of him.

"Very good." The Sandaime nodded. The importance of a jonin in a war is self-evident. It can be said that the stronger a person is, the more likely he is to influence the outcome of a war once he appears on the battlefield.

Genin can only be considered cannon fodder at best in a war. To put it cruelly, they are consumables used to consume the enemy's strength.

……

The meeting was dismissed, and when Orochimaru was leaving the building, he was stopped by someone.

"Senior Orochimaru, I would like to ask you and Kane for a favor." Namikaze Minato stood in front of Orochimaru and asked earnestly.

(End of this chapter)